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Wind Critics Slammed by UK Secretary of State for Energy
UK energy secretary Chris Huhne (above left) and Norwegian petroleum and energy minister Ola Borten Moe have just signed an agreement to further North […]
Wind Training Centre opens in Unna, Germany.
Moog, a company that develops pitch systems for wind turbines, has opened a training facility to help customers to self-manage turbine deployment and speed […]
First Large-Scale Wind Farms for Dominican Republic – Wind Turbines supplied by Vestas
A $100 million wind power project built by public and private investors and Vestas’ wind turbines, began operating earlier this month (October) near the […]
Movers and Shakers in Wind Power: Karen Conover
Karen Conover has been guiding the wind industry for more than 25 years. A long time consultant and industry leader, she is one of […]
Movers And Shakers in Wind Power: Paul Gipe
A new series featuring the who is who in Wind Power by Colin Houghton. Part 1: Paul Gipe Paul Gipe is not a CEO […]
Radar and Wind Turbines
The development and installation of wind farms, particularly in the United States, have not progressed as quickly as they might have due to concerns […]
The Winds In Britain – Here To Stay
By Colin Houghton The British are, of course, obsessed about the weather. They talk about it incessantly and despite the fact that 80% of […]
Jet Stream Wind Industry – To Catch The Big Wind
By Colin Houghton Scientists are eyeing the jet stream, an energy source that rages night and day, 365 days a year, just a few […]
Focus on Maine, New England, United States
By Colin Houghton With four grid-scale wind projects already built in the US State of Maine, including the one in Mars Hill (photo left) […]
UK Urges Ireland To Build Wind Farms On Its West Coast
At the end of spring there was a high-level diplomatic meeting held in London between the UK deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg and senior […]
Innovative Wind Turbine Designs Part I
This Japanese design, the LoopWing wind turbine, was unveiled at the 2006 Japanese Eco-Products Exhibition. At that time, it was said that the turbine […]
Africa: Continent Set For Renewable Energy Boom
South Africa’s first commercial wind farm, the Darling wind farm, began generating in May 2008 with four turbines, each producing 1.3 MW By Colin […]
Sir Bani Yas Island – Abu Dhabi – Middle East Report
By Colin Houghton While the Middle East may seem an unlikely place for renewable energy power, given its abundance of fossil fuels, Sir Bani […]
Alternative Energy : Achievable Utopia or Fantasyland?
By Colin Houghton In a recent article by Mark Delucchi and Stanford Engineering Professor Mark Jacobson argued that we don’t need nuclear power, coal, […]
Germany Could Become World Leader In Installed Offshore Wind Capacity By 2015
By Colin Houghton Germany now has over three-quarters of all offshore wind farm-related cable orders. As part of a detailed investigation into power cable […]
Canadian Sierra Club Refutes Claims That Wind Turbines Cause Ill-Health
During a presentation to the Bruce County Council, in Ontario, Canada, on 1 September, the head of the Sierra Club of Canada said that […]
Meet MWPS at ZeroEmission Rome – 2011
MWPS World, the largest Wind Turbine Online Brokers on the Net will be attending this years ZeroEmmission 2011 Exhibition in Rome, Italy between the 14th […]
Google Report Shows Clean Energy’s Potential for Positive Impact on U.S. Economy
By Colin Houghton In July, the search engine giant Google, acknowledged that the clean energy dilemma is one of the United States’ biggest challenges […]
The Green Dilemma: Bird casualties from wind turbines
How green are you? You may just want to reduce the carbon emissions through solar and wind power, recycling and not having bonfires in […]
Alternative Energy – The Facts – Part 1 – Wind Turbine Designs
While the most common commercial wind turbine is the “horizontal-spindled three bladed propeller” design, here is a round-up of some of the other types […]
Strange Bedfellows: Wind Farm Alongside Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant at Rokkasho, Japan
By Colin Houghton Since 2003, the nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Rokkasho village, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, has shared the area with 77 large wind […]
GOLDWIND S48 Wind Turbines 750kW For Sale
Industrial Goldwind S48 Wind Turbines 750kW for Sale Complete System Includes Tower, Nacelle, Hub, Rotor, Blades and Controller – Prices starting from only €288,000 EUR […]
Japanese Government to reduce nuclear power
By Colin Houghton, August 29, 2011 Japan’s parliament is about to approve a historic bill on renewable energy. It hat was championed by Prime […]
